Nanako Matsumoto

Nanako Matsumoto
Matsumoto in 2014
Personal information
Born (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests200m: 23.66 (2025)
400m: 52.14 (2025)
Indoors
400m: 53.15 (2025) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2014 Incheon4 × 400 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Gumi400 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Bangkok4×400 metres mixed relay
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Tehran400 m

Nanako Matsumoto (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter. She is the 2025 Asian champion and the 2024 Asian indoor champion, and the Japanese national record holder over 400 metres indoors.[1]

Biography

She was a bronze medalist in the medley relay at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.[2] She was a silver medalist in Incheon, South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.

She was a bronze medalist in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, as part of the Japanese team which set a new national record in the event.[3] She placed fourth in the women's 400 metres at the Championships.[4]

She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran, in 55.14 seconds.[5][6] She ran a new Japanese national indoor record for the 400 metres of 53.15 seconds competing in Kazakhstan on 1 March 2025.[7]

She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, running 52.17 seconds.[8][9] She was selected for the Japanese national team to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, held in Tokyo.[10] She ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11] She also ran in the women's 400 metres at the championships.[12]

In May 2026, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Nanako Matsumoto". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "IAAF World Youth Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "11th Asian Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Iran's Fasihi takes gold at 2024 Asian Indoor Athletic C'ships". Tehran Times. February 18, 2024. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
  7. ↑ "10th International Tournament for the Prizes of Olga Rypakova". World Athletics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships: India Win Gold In Mixed Relay; Tejaswin Shankar, 3 Others Bag Silver". Times of India. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
  10. ↑ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 Sep 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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